Rails by the River 3 ~ PAC NOR WEST ~ Prototype Modelers Meet Date: September 24th and 25th, 2011 Mark you Calendar! Location: Center 50+ Salem Senior Center 3615 Portland Road NE Salem, OR

Tim Greg Martin asked to help so I am helping. Bill Welch

Bill If you've seen almost any new freight car from Walthers in the last few years, then you must have noticed that Walthers seems to be stuck in the "grapefruit" era, if you extend that definition

Group, can anyone tell me what the Lot was for NYC 819000-819636, a series of 1800 cu. ft. twin hoppers listed in the April 1950, January 1955 and January 1957 Official Railway Equipment

Al, Good point. On the Union Pacific’s Kansas Division, the installation of CTC in 1953 sped up schedules between North Platte (a major classification yard in Nebraska) and Kansas

The Feddersen glycerin tank car castings have all been spoken for, but I'll start a wait list if any other requests come in. I'll get in touch with those who have asked for them shortly, but if you've

When did they start to ship frozen poultry?

Tom Madden wrote: I'd agree with Tom. Practically all ICC-104 cars up to 1950 had insulated domes as well as tanks. This is readily seen in collections of tank car photos, including Kaminski's

You also neeed to know your era to determine how far appart the re-icing facilities needed to be.  As C TC and diesels became more common, especially in the Florida to Chicago routes, they

Dean Payne wrote: Dean, Warren built very similar cars in 1929, as shown on page 117 of Kaminski's book on AC&F tank cars. Any collection of tank car photos, such as Ted Culotta's volume, will

Clark Propst wrote: Clark, frozen food was iced about the same as produce, but with salt additions. It was common though certainly not universal to re-ice every 24 hours. Shippers could

Clark, The Mojave desert in the summer, or the Dakota plains in the winter? (VBG) Paul Lyons

In message 101024 (6/17/11) I mentioned that I would be making resin castings of the modified Athearn insulated tank car shell I had prepared following Mark Feddersen's DuPont glycerin tank car in the

How often did a reefer need icing? Say a car of frozen poultry. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Didn't Wright Trak do this car which I think is still on their site? Might be wrong as I am at work and internet deprived. Allen Cain Sent from my Droid Charge on Verizon 4GLTE

Tim I am well aware of this kit and it grapefruit size rivets and it was a fine kit for its day. I have a couple also. Bill Welch

Last week's thread on the Texaco 3 dome tank car prompted some inquiries and with a little help from Richard Hendrickson, I now have a decal set for it.

Bill, since I have both the WrightTRAK and old Pacific-HO kits, I can tell you the kits are identical and represent exactly the same prototype. The Pacific HO/Silver Streak/Golden Spike kits were

Hi Ron - Soo Line's equipment diagram 2-N covers Soo series 45100-45498, even (200 cars), and W.C. series 136800-137198, even (200 cars), built in 1950-51. According to the diagram, 45100-45248,

I've found a couple photos of the SOO 136-137000 series 40' box (the Branchline cars) that show what seems to be a Barber or similar truck with the springs set prominently outboard. The truck that